Question

​After fun weekends with her friends, Anna-Kate feels very down most Mondays. She has trouble focusing on her work. She has recently gained 20 pounds and is often tearful. What DSM-5 criteria does Anna-Kate NOT meet for a depression diagnosis:

Answer 1

Answer:

Occurrence most of the day nearly every day

Explanation:

In order to diagnose Anna-Kate properly it is necessary to take into account how often this episodes take place, and as it is not an occurrence of every day it is not possible to state she is going through some kind of depression.    

Besides, the fact that she has fun with friends on weekends makes her a social, healthy, average woman.